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Week starting Friday, October 28, 2011

Degas: A New Vision offers the most significant international survey in nearly 30 years of the work of Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas. The MFAH is the only U.S. venue for this exhibition, which assembles some 200 works from public and private collections around the world.

Mary Cassatt—the only American artist directly affiliated with the French Impressionist movement—is today remembered for her intimate domestic scenes. On this 20-minute gallery talk, explore a painting and a print by Cassatt (1844–1926), and see[…]

OFF-SITE LECTURE @ University of Houston Cemo HALL #100D Presented by Bob Brier, Senior Research Fellow, Long Island University A pharaoh’s mummy was an emblem of power that reached beyond the grave, becoming a symbol[…]

Before they became household names, artists were students, learning their craft and developing their signature style. Many went on to mentor the next generation of would-be-great artists as they struggled forge their artistic identity. Explore[…]

Presented by Cheryl Ward, director of the Center for Archaeology and Anthropology, Coastal Carolina University, in conjunction with the exhibition Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs A cornucopia of treasures from around the[…]

The First Annual Naomi Turner True Lecture "How I paint what I paint" Presented by Eric Fischl A reception to meet the speaker follows the lecture, which takes place in Freed Auditorium. This event is[…]

The 3rd Biennial David B. Warren Symposium The Civil War & the Material Culture of Texas, the Lower South, and the Southwest The Civil War was a turning point for American culture in countless ways.[…]

The 3rd Biennial David B. Warren Symposium The Civil War & the Material Culture of Texas, the Lower South, and the Southwest The Civil War was a turning point for American culture in countless ways.[…]

Tour for MFAH Members Lifestyles Around the World The exhibition Life & Luxury: The Art of Living in Eighteenth-Century Paris allows you to experience—through art and material culture—a typical day in the life of elite Parisians. After[…]